476 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 
CYNOGLOSSUM. 
1. Cynoglossum grande Dougl.; Lehm. Pug. 2: 25. 1830. 
Type Locatiry: “Shady Woods, N. W. Coast.” Collected by Douglas. 
RANGE: Washington to California in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Svksdorf 92; Fort Vancouver, Tolmie. 
ASPERUGO. 
1. Asperugo procumbens IL. Sp. Pl. 1: 138. 1753. 
Type Locatity: European. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spokane, Piper 2721. 
MERTENSIA. 
Plants tall and leafy, 50 to 100 em. high, the leaves thin and 
broad. 
Leaves glabrous on both sides or merely papillose above; 
calyx smooth on the back. 
Calyx lobes elongate, acute, much longer than the fruit. 
Leaves few, green, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 
acutish 2222.22 2. 2222 le --- 1. M. infirma. 
Leaves many, pallid, ovate, acuminate .......... 2. M. laevigata. 
Calyx lobes short and obtuse, or triangular and acute, 
not longer than the fruit. 
Leaves acute, mostly sessile; calyx lobes obtuse... 3. M. ambigua. 
Leaves acuminate, short-petioled; calyx lobesacute. 4. M. brachycal ya. 
Leaves pilose beneath. 
Upper leaf surface strigose. 
Calyx lobes canescent ........2.2....222-2---.. 5. M. membranacea. 
Calyx lobes not canescent. 
Dorsal surface of calyx lobes glabrous ....... 6. M. paniculata. 
Dorsal surface of calyx lobes pubescent. ..... 7. M. platyphylla. 
Upper leaf surface smooth or merely papillose. 
Calyx lobes pubescent on back. .........2-...-.. 8. M. subcordata. 
Calyx lobes glabrous on back... ...............- 9. M. leptophylla. 
Plants low, 15 to 40 cm. high, the leaves narrow or thickish, 
Roots tuberous or fasciculate-tuberous, shallow-seated; 
basal leaves, none. 
Leaves glabrous or merely papillose above. 
Herbage not glaucous .-.............2.2-22-.-.. 10. M. mulchella. 
Herbage glaucous. ...................-...-.... 10a. M. pulchella glauca. 
Leaves strigose above. 
Corolla tube 3 or 4 times as long as the limb... ... 11. M. oblongifolia. 
Corolla tube once or twice as long as the limb .... 12. M. horneri. 
Roots not tuberous, vertical; basal leaves numerous, their 
dry bases persistent on the crown. 
Leaves pubescent on both sides..................... 13. M. pubescens. 
Leaves not pubescent on both sides. 
Leaves glabrous on both sides............-..---, 14. M. nutans. 
Leaves strigillose above .............-.----..... 14a. M. nutang subcaiva. 
1. Mertensia infirma sp. nov. 
Glabrous throughout except the ciliate margins of the leaves and calyx lobes; stems 
weak, erect or nearly so, 50 to 60 cm. high; basal and lower cauline leaves oblanceolate : 
